FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, September 21, 2009

CONTACT: John Schuster
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
305-995-1126

M-DCPS COORDINATING FUNDRAISING FOR STUDENT’S FUNERAL EXPENSES AND FAMILY NEEDS

MIAMI – Miami-Dade County Public Schools is coordinating fundraising for the funeral expenses of Juan Carlos Rivera, the student who died at Coral Gables Senior High School on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2009.

People who would like to contribute can send a check, made payable to “The Foundation for New Education Initiatives, Inc.” and mail to Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 1450 N.E. Second Avenue, Suite 931, Miami, Florida 33132. Please specify “for funeral arrangements and family needs.”

People may donate online by clicking on www.giveourstudentstheworld.org. Please specify “for funeral arrangements.”

For more information, call 305-995-1497.

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